Cities

Sweden Moots Joint Water Research Projects with Israel

Maurice Picow - December 19, 2010

Sweden's interest in new Israel innovated water leakage finder device may result in joint R & D research projects Sweden, a country with a lot...

Cities

Ormat Subsidiary Joins Geothermal Rush to Supply Chile’s New Renewable Energy Program

Susan Kraemer - December 19, 2010

Until this year, Chile's renewable energy standard required only 3.5% of clean electricity by 2020. This year, they raised it to 20%. Now...

Cities

Future-Proofing: Key Protection Invented By Israeli Company

Susan Kraemer - December 18, 2010

Increasingly, we humans are going to have to share our coasts with a new pest we have created. Here's a problem that will get worse...

Cities

Arava Institute Joins Forces With American Arabs

Arwa Aburawa - December 17, 2010

The Arava Institue works with Palestinians and Israelis to cooperatively solve the region's environmental challenges As one the most conflict-ridden regions in the world, the...

Cities

With Peak Oil Looming, Gulf States Consider Ending Fossil Fuel Subsidies

Susan Kraemer - December 16, 2010

Huge oil subsidies in the Middle Eastern oil-producing nations mean that residents pay very little for oil. One big problem in getting everyone to reduce...

Cities

Since History Can’t Be Bought, The UAE Will Pass A Law To Protect It

Tafline Laylin - December 15, 2010

The Al Fahidi Fort is just one historical building in the UAE that would be placed under federal protection if a new architectural law...

Cities

What Urban Rooftop Gardening Could Do For The Middle East

Arwa Aburawa - March 27, 2020

With so many flat roofs across the Middle East, surely the region is ripe for a bit of rooftop gardening? Recent reports that people in...

Cities

Severe Winter Storm Proves Caesarea Predictions True

Maurice Picow - December 14, 2010

The cruel sea, with 10 meter high waves took its toll on the ancient port of Caesarea this weekend. Sunday's severe winter storm that raged...

Cities

Green Tidings from The American University in Cairo

Ira Moskowitz - December 16, 2010

American University in Cairo's new campus was designed for efficient energy and water usage. Most observers would not think of Egypt as an environmental...

Cities

Cancun Ends On Slightly Better Note Than Copenhagen

Tafline Laylin - December 12, 2010

Cancun ends. Qatar's happy, so is Saudi Arabia. But Bolivia's not. Not every country whose representatives attended the climate talks in Mexico are pleased...

Cities

New Apple Headquarters To Be Modeled After Masdar City

Tafline Laylin - December 10, 2010

What happens when Norman Foster and Steve Jobs get together? The City of Apple, of course. Recently my macbook perished on the coast of Kenya....

Cities

Hunky Surfer Calendar Raises Money and Awareness for EcoOcean and Surfing4Peace

Karen Chernick - December 8, 2010

New 2011 calendar proves that water conservation can be hunky. One young Swede who recently immigrated to Israel, and was perhaps unaccustomed to the beautiful...

Cities

Is Abu Dhabi Deserving of Best City In Middle East – Med Region?

Maurice Picow - December 6, 2010

Beating out Marrakech, Doha and Amman, luxurious "rich man's playgrounds" like Al Reem Island cast a shadow on Abu Dhabi's Best City designation Like its neighboring...

Cities

Third Green Awards Shows Qatar’s Expanding Sustainability Ethos

Tafline Laylin - December 5, 2010

The third annual Green Awards were distributed last week at the Four Seasons hotel in Doha, Qatar. Qatar Today and its partners handed out the...

Cities

New Pedestrian Projects in the Center of Tehran

Mehrdad Parsipour - December 5, 2010

Two more streets in center of Tehran will be changed to pedestrian streets. These two are Bab-Homayoon and Naser-Khosro streets in highly busy center...

1...818283...114 Page 82 of 114

Hot this week

Architecture

A Fact-Based Reflection on Sustainability and Tourism in Hormuz

March 17, 2026 0

A Documented Response to the Article “The Aga Khan...

Health

Fix your Ozempec face with alloClae fat from a human cadaver?

March 17, 2026 0

How do you feel about you afterlife being a...

Business

Should You Invest in the Private Market?

March 17, 2026 0

startustartup Unlike public stock exchanges, which offer daily trading, strict...

Lifestyle

Jewish Vegans invite global community to “Compassionate Passover” event

March 16, 2026 0

As Passover approaches, a global online gathering is inviting...

Animals

PETA pressures H&M to ban mohair again after new farm abuse investigation

March 16, 2026 0

Remember PETA? The group of animal activists that threw...

Topics

Architecture

Hot topics

Finance

Marketing

Politics

Strategy

Hot topics

Finance

Marketing

Politics

Strategy

Cities

Topics

Related Articles

Company

Headlines

Newsletter